KOE-068 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Course Outcome ( CO) Bloom’s Knowledge

Level (KL)
At the end of course , the student will be able :

CO 1 Identify project planning objectives, along with various cost/effort estimation K3

models.
CO 2 Organize & schedule project activities to compute critical path for risk analysis. K3
CO 3 Monitor and control project activities. K4, K5
CO 4 Formulate testing objectives and test plan to ensure good software quality under K6
SEI-CMM.

CO 5 Configure changes and manage risks using project management tools. K2, K4

DETAILED SYLLABUS 3-0-0

Unit Lecture

Project Evaluation and Project Planning :

I Importance of Software Project Management – Activities – Methodologies – Categorization of 08
Software Projects – Setting objectives – Management Principles – Management Control –
Project portfolio Management – Cost-benefit evaluation technology – Risk evaluation –
Strategic program Management – Stepwise Project Planning.
Project Life Cycle and Effort Estimation :
II Software process and Process Models – Choice of Process models – Rapid Application 08
development – Agile methods – Dynamic System Development Method – Extreme
Programming– Managing interactive processes – Basics of Software estimation – Effort and
Cost estimation techniques – COSMIC Full function points – COCOMO II – a Parametric
Productivity Model.
Activity Planning and Risk Management :
Objectives of Activity planning – Project schedules – Activities – Sequencing and scheduling –
III Network Planning models – Formulating Network Model – Forward Pass & Backward Pass 08
techniques – Critical path (CRM) method – Risk identification – Assessment – Risk Planning –
Risk Management – – PERT technique – Monte Carlo simulation – Resource Allocation –
Creation of critical paths – Cost schedules.
Project Management and Control:
IV Framework for Management and control Collection of data Visualizing progress – Cost 08
monitoring Earned Value Analysis – Prioritizing Monitoring – Project tracking – Change control
Software Configuration Management – Managing contracts – Contract Management.
Staffing in Software Projects :
V Managing people – Organizational behavior – Best methods of staff selection Motivation – The 08
Oldham Hackman job characteristic model – Stress – Health and Safety – Ethical and
Professional concerns – Working in teams Decision making Organizational structures Dispersed
and Virtual teams – Communications genres Communication plans Leadership.
Text books:
1. Bob Hughes, Mike Cotterell and Rajib Mall: Software Project Management – Fifth Edition, McGraw Hill,
New Delhi, 2012.
2. Robert K. Wysocki ―Effective Software Project Management – Wiley Publication, 2011.
3. Walker Royce: ―Software Project Management- Addison-Wesley, 1998.
4. Gopalaswamy Ramesh, ―Managing Global Software Projects – McGraw Hill Education (India),
Fourteenth Reprint 2013.

Open Elective I AICTE Model Curriculum K series (VI Semester) Syllabus 2020-21 Page 14